Mission Research

LPL scientists have played important roles on spacecraft instrument and mission teams since our founding in 1960.

The 2018 NSF Higher Education Research and Development survey ranks the UA, led by LPL, #1 among all universities in space science research and development.

Current Involvement in Missions

Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment CUTE

CUTE

Europa Clipper

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

HiRISE (MRO)

HiRISE, High Resolution Science Experiment (MRO)

IMAP

Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe

Juno

Juno: Unlocking Jupiter's Mysteries

KPLO

Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter

LRO

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mars 2020

MAVEN

Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution

Mars Odyssey

MRO

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

MSL

Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)

MMX

Martian Moons eXploration

NEOWISE

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

OSIRIS-REx

Parker Solar Probe

Parker Solar Probe: A NASA Mission to Touch the Sun

Psyche mission spacecraft and solar panels

Psyche

SPARCS: Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat

SPARCS

Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat